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Our country is suffering from an illness that is hiding in our junk drawers, cabinets, kitchen counters, kitchen tables, dryers and closets; I call it procrastination. As I was thinking about writing this post this morning I was telling my husband about it. He looked at me and said, "maybe you should get out of bed and write that then." touch.
When I work with clients we often tackle...

Why would anyone put hard-boiled eggs in soup? asked Jerri as I put a bowl in front of her.
First of all, its not soup. Its chowder, I answered, and it was probably a Mennonite farmwife with lots of chickens.
This recipe was inspired by one from the Mennonite Community Cookbook by Mary Emma Showalter, a cookbook I have referred to many times over the years. Since Jerri was born into a Menn...

Your help is REALLY NEEDED. Vote for Susie everyday. Let's get a local breast cancer patient to win, especially someone who loves hat, loves to have fun, and goes to this event every year.
She has done so much for so many. LETS HELP SUSIE.
http://survivors.cdinet.net/survivors/1598
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You might be familiar with the chia seed because you have pasted the tiny seeds onto a porous clay figurine and heard the catchy/slightly annoying ch-ch-ch-chia jingle on the infomercials, but did you know that Chia seeds make a great addition to your diet and are said to be a superfood? Chia comes from the Mayan word for strength, and the seeds were a staple in Aztec and Mayan diets. Chia seed...

To promote the re-release of my book, "Life Learned Abroad: Lessons on Humanity from China," I'm running an all-day promotion.
Just for today, Sunday March 1, the Kindle version is available to download for FREE. (This can be read on a Kindle or a Kindle Reader app on any device.)
This digital version offers the advantage of color photos (if read on a color screen) and enhanced wi...

Dear Dave,
It was a good talk the other night. You are one of the few people in
the world who is willing to talk to me about crazy inventions. It
makes me happy to know that if I ever need technical
advice/counseling about building a no-till air-seeder, sized small
enough to pull behind an all-terrain vehicle, that advice is just a
phone call to North Dakota away.
You probably heard that the ...

Aggressive computer viruses continue to make the rounds, causing unlucky computer users to see messages which threaten people with fines or prison unless they pay up. These viruses encrypt - lock up - files on affected computers, holding them hostage, hence its name: ransomware. These viruses are spread through malicious links in emails or by visiting compromised websites. Better Business Burea...

If you enjoy speeding and disregarding signs, let alone give the police and the Kraftfahrtbundesamt (Driver's Office) in Flensburg (Germany) a headache, then this article is for you. Regardless of whether you are in Germany or the US, people love to speed and will stop at nothing to ensure that they are at least 20 km/h over the limit. In Germany, we have the blitzer machines, where drivers...

I recently discovered the app of Flipp that can be used on your mobile phones or tablets. With the app you can view sale circulars for over 400 retailers. Along with national retailers, you may also receive circulars for local stores. Mine includes on of local grocery stores (Hornbachers).
One of the selections with the app is The Shopping List, you add items to your list and Flipp will f...

Ive watched with intrigue as the Little League International stripped Chicagos Jackie Robinson West Little League of the 2014 United States title for falsifying boundary districts and using ineligible players.
Ive read myriad perspectives on this story including those that claim the decision to expose the cheat was racially motivated; or stemmed from jealousy.
Most fascinating were the though...

By Alicia Kellebrew
NFCC Certified Financial Professional
I would say that the two most common comments that my clients make to me in my office are My parents never talked to me about money and Your parents must have talked about money with you a lot for you to know what you do. I absolutely credit my parents for my money know-how, but what people have to understand is that it isnt always what...

If there is a word of advice to give to a person wanting to engage in the hobby of photography, it would be this:
1. Look the surroundings. What do you see beyond the naked eye? What is most unique about the surrounding that is worth photographing?
2. Choose an object and/or a person you find attractive. Why choose this subject and how unique is it from the eye of a photographer?
Photograp...

Basic Business Cents
Nothing is as destructive to an organization as employees working at self-interests. We are taught that everyone is doing their best but that best might not be for the good of the system. They want to do the best for the organization but dissention and competition within the workforce can cause them to focus efforts on themselves. A collaborative workforce is much more prod...

A friend posed this question on Facebook the other day, What do you say out loud (or in your head) the most during the day? Answers ranged from WTF? to Whered I put my . . . ? My answer was Oh. Its the truth. I think or say oh a lot during the day. The more I thought about it, I decided that its a pretty profound word.
Oh, my bed is so cozy. Oh crap, I have to pee. My first waking thought is o...